Mole-trap



(No Model.)

B. H. BROWN.

MOLE TRAP No. 403,9 1}. Patented May 28, 1889.

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RANDOLPH II. BROWN, OF COLEMAN, GEORGIA.

MOLE-T RAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,912, dated May 28, 1889.

Application filed February 28, 1889. Serial No. 301,448. (No model.) 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RANDOLPH H. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Coleman, in the county of Randolph and State of Georgia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mole-Traps, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in mole-traps; and it consists in a certain novel construction and combination of parts, fully described hereinafter, in connection with the accompanying drawings, and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a trap embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a side view, partly in section, of the same, showing the trap after it is sprung.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates the frame of the trap, which consists of a base, B, the top board, 0, and the inclined side strips, D D, which connect the top to the base.

Vertical guide-bars E'E are arranged between the base and top of the frame. The weight or block F is provided With vertical guide-openings f f, which fit the said guidebars. This block or Weight is provided, on its under side, with the vertical spikes or points G G, as shown. The block or weight is furthenprovided, on its upper side, with the loose loop H, which (when the block or weight is raised) projects through an aperture, h, in the top of the frame and engages the trigger K, which is attached to the said top.

The trigger consists of the inclined lever L, which is pivoted at an intermediate point to the stationary standard M and the horizontal arm N, which bears at an intermediate point on the pivot-point O, which is arranged slightly to one side of the standard, and this arm is provided, near its end, with a shoulder, e, which is engaged by the end of the long arm of the lever M. The arm N is further provided, on its under side, with a shoulder, a, which bears against the side of the point 0 and prevents the arm from sliding.

The loop of the block or weight is engaged over the end of the short arm of the lever, and a trip-rod, P, projects up through an opening, 10, in the block or weight, and is provided near its upper end with a series of detents or teeth, 10, in which the end of the arm N is engaged. The lower end of this trip-rod is provided with a fiat plate, which is pressed slightly into the mole-hill over which the trap is set, so that as the mole passes therethrough it will raise the rod slightly, thereby disengaging the shoulder n from the point 0, freeing the lever L and allowing the block or weight to descend. The spikes or points are forced by the block or weight into the hill, and the mole is impaled thereby.

Having thus described the invention, I claim- 1. In a mole-trap, the combination of the frame having guide-bars, the weight carrying points and sliding on the guide-bars, the loops on the weight, the lever pivoted to the frame having one end engaged by the loop, the horizontal arm loosely resting on said frame and having shoulders or notches, one in engagement with the inclined lever, a stud or point on the frame engaging the other shoulder of the horizontal arm, and the trip-rod having teeth at one end adapted to engage the inner end of the horizontal arm by the upward movement thereof and the other end bearing on the surface of the mole-hill, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

2. In a mole-trap, the combination of the weight carrying the impaling-points and the coupling-loop, the inclined pivoted lever having its inner end engaged by the loop, the horizontal sliding arm having shoulders, one in engagement with the outer end of the lever, the stud or point engaging the other shoulder, and the trip-rod having teeth at one end adapted to engage the horizontal arm, its other end bearing on the surface of the mole-hill, arranged and operating substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RANDOLPH l-I. BROWN.

Witnesses:

M. GORMLEY, G. B. BROWN. 

